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Article: A dual fuel microfluidic fuel cell utilizing solar energy and methanol

TitleA dual fuel microfluidic fuel cell utilizing solar energy and methanol
Authors
KeywordsMicrofluidic fuel cell
Methanol
Hydrogen
Mixed potential
Photocatalysis
Issue Date2019
PublisherElsevier BV. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jpowsour
Citation
Journal of Power Sources, 2019, v. 409, p. 58-65 How to Cite?
AbstractMethanol is a volatile fuel which can be fed into microfluidic fuel cells in vaporized form. However, the methanol oxidation reaction is relatively sluggish compared with the hydrogen oxidation reaction. Therefore, a novel dual fuel microfluidic fuel cell system powered by both methanol and methanol-derived hydrogen via photocatalysis is developed, which can achieve much improved cell performance while eliminating the hydrogen transportation, storage and safety issues. Pt/P25 is adopted as the photocatalyst which photo-reforms the methanol to hydrogen in the fuel tank. The intermediate during the photoreforming process can also be fed into the microfluidic fuel cell as a fuel. Different cell performance can be achieved by varying the fuel-water mix ratios in the tank. By optimizing the ratio, the peak power density can be increased by more than 10 times when the system is exposed to simulated solar light (3 suns) illumination.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/272263
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 8.1
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dc.contributor.authorKwok, YH-
dc.contributor.authorWang, Y-
dc.contributor.authorWu, M-
dc.contributor.authorLi, F-
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Y-
dc.contributor.authorZhang, H-
dc.contributor.authorLeung, DYC-
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-20T10:38:51Z-
dc.date.available2019-07-20T10:38:51Z-
dc.date.issued2019-
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Power Sources, 2019, v. 409, p. 58-65-
dc.identifier.issn0378-7753-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/272263-
dc.description.abstractMethanol is a volatile fuel which can be fed into microfluidic fuel cells in vaporized form. However, the methanol oxidation reaction is relatively sluggish compared with the hydrogen oxidation reaction. Therefore, a novel dual fuel microfluidic fuel cell system powered by both methanol and methanol-derived hydrogen via photocatalysis is developed, which can achieve much improved cell performance while eliminating the hydrogen transportation, storage and safety issues. Pt/P25 is adopted as the photocatalyst which photo-reforms the methanol to hydrogen in the fuel tank. The intermediate during the photoreforming process can also be fed into the microfluidic fuel cell as a fuel. Different cell performance can be achieved by varying the fuel-water mix ratios in the tank. By optimizing the ratio, the peak power density can be increased by more than 10 times when the system is exposed to simulated solar light (3 suns) illumination.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherElsevier BV. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jpowsour-
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Power Sources-
dc.subjectMicrofluidic fuel cell-
dc.subjectMethanol-
dc.subjectHydrogen-
dc.subjectMixed potential-
dc.subjectPhotocatalysis-
dc.titleA dual fuel microfluidic fuel cell utilizing solar energy and methanol-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailWang, Y: wang1fei@connect.hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailLeung, DYC: ycleung@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityLeung, DYC=rp00149-
dc.description.naturelink_to_subscribed_fulltext-
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.10.095-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85055969011-
dc.identifier.hkuros299101-
dc.identifier.volume409-
dc.identifier.spage58-
dc.identifier.epage65-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000452945600008-
dc.publisher.placeNetherlands-
dc.identifier.issnl0378-7753-

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